A synthetic fibre is also a chain of small units joined together.
Each small uni
t is actually a chemical substance. Many such small units combine to form a larg e single unit called a polymer. The word polymer comes from two Greek words; poly meaning many and mer meaning part/unit. So, a polymer is made of many repeating units. Polymers occur in nature also, is a polymer called cellulose. Cellulose is made up of a large number of glucose units. cccccd